Hundred of Field

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Field
South Australia
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Field
Coordinates 35°53′35″S139°39′25″E / 35.893°S 139.657°E / -35.893; 139.657 Coordinates: 35°53′35″S139°39′25″E / 35.893°S 139.657°E / -35.893; 139.657
Established10 February 1938
Area250 km2 (95 sq mi)
County Cardwell
Lands administrative divisions around Field:
Bonney Jeffries Strawbridge
Glyde Field Colebatch
Santo Messent Messent

The Hundred of Field is a cadastral hundred of the County of Cardwell (South Australia), centred on the rural localities of Field and Colebatch, South Australia. [1] It was proclaimed by Governor Winston Dugan in 1938 and named for Edgar John Field, a local government administrator of the day. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Placename Details: Hundred of Field". Government of South Australia. SA0023852. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Derivation of Name: Edgar John Field, ISO, Director of Lands; Other Details: Area 95 square miles.